Weekly action continued at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night,
under a constantly changing sky. John Logue put his ride back in
victory lane in the IMCA Modified feature for the second time in a row,
Jay Schmidt scored a repeat victory in the IMCA Stock Car ranks, and
Chad Ryerson in the IMCA Northern SportMod division, David Rieks in the
IMCA Hobby Stocks, and Travis Stensland in the Mod Lite class, all won
for the first time in 2016.
Five time Super Nationals winner, John
Logue, started seventh and had his familiar #69 in the lead by lap
eight of the 20-lap IMCA Modified feature. He never relinquished that
lead on his way to the checkers and the win. He had big time company
behind him fighting it out tooth and nail for position. It was Jimmy
Gustin, eleventh place starter, winning the battle to take the runner up
spot. Point leader Mike VanGenderen finished third from his twelfth
place starting spot. Russ Dickerson came from eighteenth, to finish
fourth, and Kyle Brown rounded out the top five. Logue repeated his win
from last week.
Jay Schmidt captured his second win of the season
in the IMCA Stock Car class. He wasted no time in getting to the
front, grabbing the lead by lap two from his sixth starting spot. He
stretched his lead, looking comfortable out front, until a caution at
lap fifteen of the 18-lap race, bunched the field. It was Donavon Smith
then close at hand in second for the restart. Smith pestered Schmidt, making attempts at a pass, but Schmidt kept his poise, and stuck his nose across the finish line first for the win. Smith held the
runner up spot over Matt West in third, Tyler Pickett in fourth and
Wayne Gifford in fifth.
The 18-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature
found a new face visiting victory lane this season. Chad Ryerson
started sixth and took the lead at lap six, never to relinquish it the
remainder of the race for the win. He caught and passed early leader Curtis Veber, then held off a hard charging Jake McBirnie most of the second half of the race. However, McBirnie made a sudden exit with mechanical issues in the final lap. Last week's winner, Randy Roberts
came home in second place after starting tenth, Brandon Williams was
third, fourth went to Jonathan Logue and Thor Anderson completed the top
five.
The IMCA 12-lap Hobby Stock feature went to David Rieks. Rieks, who had earlier won his heat race comfortably, continued his strong night in the feature. He took command at lap five, and was chased most of the distance by Russ Marshall who fell just
short for a runner up finish. Tenth place starter, Dustin Graham
finished third, fourth went to pole sitter Seth Butler, and Jordan
Peters finished fifth. This was Rieks' first win of the 2016 season at Boone.
Travis Stensland led the Mod Lite 15-lap
feature flag to flag for his first win at the track this season. Last
week's winner Bryan Zehm, started tenth and finished a very close
second. Cory Sauerman was third, Joel Keenan took fourth and Randy
Bryan finished fifth. The race went caution free.
We watched the ever changing sky all night long at Boone. Very cloudy and overcast, then even darker, then blue sky with a beautiful sunset, and then another bank of clouds rolled in. Thankfully, nothing came from the clouds and it all moved east. We got word that both Independence and West Liberty had to cancel their shows.
Weekly racing continues next Saturday night, June 11 with racing in all five divisions. Hot laps are 6:45 and racing at 7:30.
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